The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1970
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:31 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.92° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.30° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.